I saw a documentary about the radio show last week. I forgot which channel I saw it on. The tv show stated that the reason so many people believed that martians were invading the world was because they tuned into the show after the beginning of the program (radio surfing) which announced the program was just a "science fiction story," nothing more.

My mom, being from NJ, and having been born in 1925remembered it from her childhood, and recounted itas not that big-a-deal as the media made it out to be.

She was the youngest of 4 sisters living with theirparents in Jersey City at the time, She and her sisters had gone to the movies that evening andwas unaware of any hullabaloo until they'd left thetheater and were walking home.

A lot of people were milling around on the sidewalksmany of them having heard parts of the broadcast,they came out to discuss it with their neighborsto see if anyone knew more about exactly what wasgoing on...

The girls kinda figured out what it was all about,and rushed home to their parents in a panic, onlyto be met by my granddad that said don't be silly,it was only a radio play. He said they were being ridiculous, since according to the radio, the Martians were supposed to be right where theylived.. and they OBVIOUSLY Were NOT!

Paulette lives exactly 7 Blocks from the Church in front of which the Martians emerge from underground.In reality, it's the same church...which has the tower, but in the movie they'd ADDED a Steeple... that snaps-offin a dramatic fashion just for effect and hits the ground.

In the dialog .. there's a tremor.. and 1 cop says to theother, "Is that The PATH Train?" On the Google map, you can see that The PATH Station isseveral blocks to the South.

In the description, Tom Cruise is said to be "A Dock Workerin a New Jersey Port" yeah... he's a crane operator that unloads the cargo containers in Port Newark.

Google MapsDavis Memorial Methodist ChurchClick the STREET VIEW Guy, and turn him around facingthe other way, and there's the church...the streets (Harrison Ave & Frank E Rogers Blvd) are thestreets everyone was running down as the Tripods blew them to powder.

LOL ANYWHO.....all that just to say...it's weird seeing a spot I'd walked passed so many timeswalking with Paulette to the PATH Station to get to NYCity.seeing it getting disintergrated on TV is weirder still.

Then again..How many times has lanovami seen Godzilla stroll thru Tokyo?

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